the Bill of Rights
noun phrase
: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Certain freedoms are guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.
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Expanding the security state has come at the cost of weakening the Bill of Rights.
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Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Yuri, one of our committee leaders, fought for the passage of the Bill of Rights for Multilingual Parents and Students.
—Rosmaly Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
Hostility to the standing army dictatorship of England’s Earl of Strafford and Oliver Cromwell after him was a major inducement to the enactment of the Bill of Rights, initially conceived as limiting federal but not state powers.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
But since it was erected, it's also housed other American treasures: The U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights all spent a stint at the vaults during World War II.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Yuri, one of our committee leaders, fought for the passage of the Bill of Rights for Multilingual Parents and Students.
—Rosmaly Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
Hostility to the standing army dictatorship of England’s Earl of Strafford and Oliver Cromwell after him was a major inducement to the enactment of the Bill of Rights, initially conceived as limiting federal but not state powers.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
But since it was erected, it's also housed other American treasures: The U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights all spent a stint at the vaults during World War II.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Bill of Rights
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“The Bill of Rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Bill%20of%20Rights. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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